Bottle container



Aug. 4, 1925,

' F. CARRIER BOTTLE CONTAINER Filed Sept. 2, 1924 JNVENTOR. FBrZumf CATV/l8) Patented r 2. i, lg fii PATENT OFFICE.

FORTUNAI CARRIER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BOTTLE CONTAINER.

Application filed September 2, 1924. Serial No. 735,286.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, Fon'rUNA'r CARRIER, a subject of the King of England, residing at Detroit, in the county of Vv ayne and State of lllichigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Bottle Container, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a bottle container andhas for'its object the provision of a bottle container which will be simple in structure, economical of manufacture and highly ellicient in use. j

The invention relates particularly to a container adapted for receiving and holding milk bottles which are delivered by the carrier and deposited, to be removed at a later time by the party to whom delivered. In view of the custom of delivering milk in bottles in this manner, it has been found that the bottles are frequently purloined, and thus the party for whom the milk was intended is deprived of its use. The present invention provides a receptacle for the milk bottle which is accessible to the carrier of the milk and may be automatically locked, after the carrier has deposited the full bottie in the container. To provide a container of this class, which will automatically lock itself after the depositot a full receptacle therein and be freely accessible previous to the deposit of a full container or bottle therein is one off the objects of the invention. Another object or the invention is the provision in a container of this class of means for automatically locking the container upon the deposit of an article therein of sufficient weight and of preventing the locking of the container with the deposit of an artcle oi a certain weight and having a certain length.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed. I j

The invention will be best understood from a reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, and in which, 7 j

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the receptacle showing the door open,

Fig. 2 is a central, vertical, sectional view or": the invention illustrating the door closed, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the receiving member mounted in the container showing a portion in section.

The invention, in its preferred form, comprises a box or container, 7, having a suit-. able door 8 hingedly connected thereon and provided along the edges of the open side with an inturned flange 9. Projected througl'i the rear wall of the receptacle is an extension 10 of a stirrup, or U-shaped member, 11 adapted for receiving the articles placed in the container. The extreme end 1:2 of the portion 10 is angularly turned, as shown in Fig. 2, and secured to the rear wall of the container, so that the stirrup 11 is permitted to swing slightly on its position of mounting. This member, together with he portion 10 and 11, being formed from metal sutficiently resilient to allow a slight spring of the stirrup when weight is placed thereupon. As shown in Fig. 2, one leg 13 of the stirrup is provided with an opening l-l in which is positioned ahorizontally 6X tending rod 15 having an angularly turned portion 16 which extends vertically clownwardly behind one of the flanges 9 and projected through suitable bearings 17 and 18 mounted upon the side wall of the housing, to permit vertical movement of the member 16. Projecting outwardly from the vertically extending rod 16 into parallel relation with the door 8, when the same is closed, is atongue 19, which is fixedly mounted upon the rod 16, so as to move vertically when the rod 16 is moved vertically. Mounted on the inner surface of the door 8 is a catch 20 so positioned as to engage the tongue 19 and prevent the opening of the door, when the stirrup 11 is pressed downwardly. When the stirrup is in its normal position and no downwardly pressing weight is placed thereon, a closing of the door 8 will allow the catch 20 to clear the tongue 19. The space between the legs of the stirrup is such that the neck of a milk bottle may be placed therein, the head or lip of the milk bottle serving to prevent the same from slipping downwardly through the stirrup. The milk carrier, in delivering the milk, may open the door 8 and place the milk bottle in the stirrup 11, the full milk bottle having been placed in the stirrup 11, the same is pressed 105 slightly downwardly, so as to bring the tongue 19 into such a position as to engage behind the catch 20, as shown in Fig. 2, and thus prevent the opening of the door 8' from the exterior of the container. Fixedly 11o mounted upon the rod 16 is a tongue having a main body portion 21 provided with an the doorv may be swung open, as desired.

The empty bottles may, be placed in the stirrup withoutcausing the door to lock when-closed,the weight of the empty bottles being insutiicient to overcome the tension of the stirrup sul'hciently to move the tongue 19 downwardly into operative engaging position. Howeveuit may be desired to use the. container for the deposit 01 milk bottles of various sizes, and it has been found that the quart milk bottle, for instance, when empty is of greater weight thanv the half pint bottle when full. In order to provide a container which may be used with, quart bottles and half pint bottles, itis necessary that the-halt pintbottle, when full, shall move the stirrup downwardly, so as. to bring the tongue 19 :into engagementv with the catch 20. The mounting of the stirrup is so constructed as to permit the half pint bottle when. full. to automatically lock the door when closed. In order to prevent the empty quart bottle, when hung onthe stirrup, from locking the container when the door 1s closed, I have secured to the floor or lower wall of the container, one end ota leaf spring 25, the other end. oi which is flexed upwardlyso as to be in spaced relation to thefioor or. lower wall of the container. The. distance between the st-inrups and the leaf spring 25 is such that when a quartbottle' is placed in the stirrup, it will rest llPOII tlIG; sprin 25, and thus will not direct its weight downwardly against the stirrup, .so that the tongue 19 will not be moved into engages ment with the catch 20;. When the full quart bottle isplaced upon the stirrup, the weight, of course, will be sufiicient to overcome the tension of the stirrup andthe tensionof the spring 25, so as to lock the door, whenithe same is closed. Halt pint and pint: bottles,.beinggofsucha length as to hang; i'reely gin the container, will not engage the leaf spring 25, so that *their weight will, when the bottles arefilled. serve to lock the, door whenit is closed, and when the bottles are empty, exert 'insufiicient pressure clownwardly to move the stirrup downwardly soas; to bring'the tongue 19 into engagement with the catch.

\Vhile l. have illustrated and described the preferred form of structure, I do not wish to limit myself to the precise form of structureshown, butdesire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come one of thewalls of said housing and; con

nected with said receiving member for automaticallyloclring said door upon the closing of the same subsequentlyto the downward swinging ot said receiving member, said door having an opening formed thereinyand.

slideable means accessible through the opening in said door for raising said receiving member into horizontal position for unlocking said door.

A container of the, class described com prising a housing adapted for the reception or bottles; a substantially U-shaped receivmg member adapted for suspending bottles in said housine', said Ushaped memberbe mg swingable relat1vely to the floor of said housing; a door on-saidhousing adaptedtor opening and closing; and shdeableineans mountcdin said housing and connected with said U-shaped meml'ier for automatically locking); said door upon the closing of the. same subsequently to the placing on said Ushaped member of a bottle of sufficient weight. formoving said U-shaped member downwardly relatively to its mounting beyond a predetermined point.

A container of the class described com? prising a housing adapted for the reception of bottles, a substantiallyU-shaped receiving member adaptednior suspending'bottlcs in said housing, said .U-shaped member being swingable relatively to the tloor'of said housing; a door on saidhousing adapted for opening and closing; slideable means mounted in said housing and connected with'said U-shaped member for automatically locking said door upon the closing of the same subsequently tothe placing on said Ueshaped member of a bottle otsufficient weightfor moving; said llrshaped men'iber downwardly relatively to its nlountinzrbeyond a predetermined point; and yieldable means mounted in said housing for engaging thebottom of said bottle for normally. resisting' the downward movement of the same, after the placement of said bottle on said U-shapcd member.

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

ronTUNAT CARRIER. 

